Lot
37

AN ENGLISH MORTUARY-HILTED BROADSWORD

CIRCA 1620-50

AN ENGLISH MORTUARY-HILTED BROADSWORD
CIRCA 1620-50
With double-edged blade, 'mortuary' type guard chiselled with naive designs of masks and foliage, the side-branches attached to the pommel by a transverse bolt, and original spirally fluted wooden grip
32½in (82.5cm) blade